Sanitary corner-plate.



No. 721,176. PATBNTEDFER'M, 1903.

E. PUNKE.

SANITARY comma PLATE. APPLICATION FILED 001. 3, 1902 v '30 MODEL.

- 3 I WITNESSES: Y W |NVENTOR| UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD FUNKE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

SANITARY CORNER-PLATE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 721,176, dated February24, 1903.-

Application filed October 3, 1902.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD FUNKE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Corner-Plates;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

The invention relates to improvements in -corner-plates, such as aresecured in the corners on Stairways and in the corners of halls androoms to prevent the collection of dirt and dust in the corners; and thepresent invention has for its principal object to provide a sanitarycorner-plate of the character hereinabove stated which shall-be.provided with a filler of a disinfectant material, so as to producea perfect germ-destroyer which shall be of great beneficial use inbuildings, and more especially such buildings which arecrowded withtenants.

Further objects of this invention are simplicity and cheapness ofconstruction and adaptability of easily and quickly securing thecorner-pieces in their positions in the cor ners of Stairways, halls,and rooms of buildings.

With these various objects of my invention in view the inventionconsists, essentially, in the novel construction of sanitarycornerplates hereinafter more fully set forth, and, furthermore, thisinvention consists in the several novel arrangements and combinations ofparts, all of which will be described in detail in the accompanyingspecification and then finally embodied in the clauses of the claim,which are appended to and form a part of this specification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a perspective View of a stairway and a number ofcorner-plates embodying the features of my present invention, the saidview illustrating the manner of securing the said corner-plates inposition. Fig. 2 is a face View of my novel form of sanitary cor-SerialNo.125,'736. (No model.)

her-plate; and Fig. 3 is a rear view of the same,illustrating onearrangement of pad or backing which has been treated with thedisinfectant and is also employed as a covering to certainretainingchannels in the main body of the corner-plates,in which thedisinfectant is arranged and held by the said pad or back plate.- Fig. 4is a back or rear view of the main body of the said corner-plate, thesaid pad or backing being removed to illustrate one arrangement of saidretaining-channels. Fig. 5 is a transverse section of the device, saidsection being taken on line 5 5 in Fig. 2 of the drawings; and Fig. 6 isa perspective view of the said pad or backing.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the saidhereinabove -described views to indicate corresponding parts. In thesaid drawings the reference-characterl indicates the complete sanitarycornerplate embodying the principles of this invention. This plateconsists, essentially, of a main body 2, stamped up or otherwise madefrom suitable metal and being preferably of a curved configurationbounded by a triangular marginal edge, substantially as illustrated, soas to readily fitany corner of a stairway, hall, or room, as clearlyrepresented in Fig. l of the drawings. As will be seen from aninspection of Figs. 2, 4, and 5, in any suitable portion of the rear orback of the said main body 2 ofthe plate I have provided the said platewith suitably-disposed chambers, preferably in the form of grooves orchannels 3 and 4, which are filled withv a disinfectant 5 and thencovered over with a pad or backing 6 to 'retainthe saiddisinfectant'inplace in the said retaining chamber or chambers.

In the present construction the channels or grooves 3 are placed closelyto and follow the marginal configuration of the plate 1, the saidchannel 4 being concentrically'arranged around a hole or perforation 7in the body 2 of the plate, which hole is for the reception of a pin ornail 8, as clearly indicated in Fig. 5 of the drawings, and by means ofwhich the plate 1 is secured in the corner of a stairway, hall, or room,as represented in Fig. 1. When the centrally-disposed channel iisemployed, this channel is covered by means of a pad orbacking 9, asshown. Of course it will be clearly understood that thesedisinfectant-receiving channels may be variously arranged in the back ofthe corner-plate 1 and the pad or backing arranged accordingly. The saidpad or backing is usually saturated with a disinfectant before thecorner-plate is secured in its position.

In order that the disinfectant receiving and retaining channel may fromtime to time be filled with a fresh supply of disinfectant, a hole orperforation 10 has been made in one of the corners of the raised portion11, formed upon the face of the main body 2, as illustrated in Figs. 2and 4, a portion 12 directly beneath said hole or perforation 1O beingforced out from the metal body to form a guide or conducting channel forthe feeding of the disinfectant directly back of the said main body 2into the channels therein from the tube of an oil or other can, as willbe clearly understood.

From the description it will be clearly evident that I have devised avery useful and simply-constructed corner-plate forstairways, halls, orrooms, which is provided with a disinfectant, so as to produce sanitaryeffects and act as a germ-destroyer.

It will be understood that some changes may be made in the variousarrangements and combinations of parts without departing from the scopeof my present invention. Hence Ido not limit my invention to the exactarrangements and combinations of the parts as herein described and asillustrated in the accompanying drawings, nor do I con line myself tothe exact details of the construction of the said parts.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A corner-platefor the corners of stairways, halls, rooms, and the like, comprising, amain body provided with a disinfectant-receiving chamber adapted toretain a disinfectant upon the back of said main body, substantially asand for the purposes set forth.

2. A-corner-plate for the corners of stair- Ways, halls, rooms, and thelike, comprising a main body provided with a disinfectant-receivingchamber upon its back adapted to contain a disinfectant, and a padarranged against the said back to retain the disinfectant in saidchamber,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. A corner-plate for the corners of stairways, halls, rooms, and thelike, comprising a main body provided with a disinfectant-receivingchamber adapted to retain a disinfectant upon the back of said mainbody, and

means in said main body for permitting the filling of saidreceiving-chamber from time to time, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.-

4. A corner-plate for the corners of stairways, halls, rooms, and thelike, comprising a main body provided with a disinfectant-receivingchamber adapted to retain a disinfectant upon the back of said mainbody, and means in said main body for permitting the filling of saidreceiving-chamber from time to time, and means arranged against the saidback to retain the disinfectant in said chamber, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

5. A corner-plate for the corners of stairways, halls, rooms, and thelike, comprising a main body provided with a disinfectant-receivingchamber adapted-to retain a disinfectant upon the back of said mainbody, and means in said main body for permitting the filling of saidreceiving-chamber from time to time, and means arranged against the saidback to retain the disinfectant insaid chamber, consisting of a pad,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

6. The hereindescribed corner-plate for the corners of stairways, halls,rooms and the like, comprising a metal body-plate, a flexible pad uponthe back of said body-plate, and

a disinfectant between the said body-plate and pad, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

7. The herein-described corner-plate for the corners of Stairways,halls, rooms and the like, comprising a metal body-plate, havingchannels adapted to contain a disinfectant, and a pad arranged over saidchannels for retaining the disinfectant in place, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

8. The herein-described corner-plate for the corners of stairways, hallsand rooms, and thelike, comprising a metal body-plate, having channelsadapted to contain a disinfectant, and a pad arranged over said channelsfor retaining the disinfectant in place, and means connected with saidbody-plate for admitting a fresh supply of disinfectant into saidchannels, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereuntoset my hand this 1st day of October, 1902.

EDWARD FUNKE.

Witnesses:

FREDK. O. FRAENTZEL, GEO. D. RICHARDS.

